If libraries didn’t exist, and someone tried to invent them, I am confident that conservatives would fight them tooth and nail with a thousand bad reasons.
Just mention that Benjamin Franklin invented libraries, and they might shut up.
Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety.
One of the favorite and often mis-quoted lines for right-wingers. The context here is kind of funny, since it’s basically pro-taxation.
I do like misquoting it though to promote privacy, but that has nothing to do with the actual context of the quote.
Now if only we could apply this to housing, food, education, etc.
After you get your library card go sign up for Libby! Free books and audiobooks from your phone/device.
Yup, libraries rock, use them.
That is all.
Libraries and education are an investment even for a capitalist. The only beneficiaries of lacking both are religious slave states.
